Toy register bank



J. FARBER TOY REGISTER BANK Jan. 15, 1929.

Filed June 6, 1927 I L iiiiin w g lriE Patented Jan. 15, 1929.

UNITED STATES JACOB FARBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY REGISTER BANK.

Application filed June 6,

The main object of this invention is to provide a small bank which may be secreted in the pocket or a purse and may be so constructed as to harbor nickels, dimes, or coins of any other denomination desired.

Another object is to provide a mechanism in a bank which registers the total amount of money in the bank.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the bank, showing a portion of the cover broken away to illustrate the face of the coin carrying drum.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevational view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional plan view of the bank, showing the means of rotating the drum by insertion of a coin.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on line 4- 1 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a perspective view, showing the slot thru which the coins are inserted into the bank and the coin release slot.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates the rear face of a casing which is provided with a pair of converging side walls 11 and 12 and end walls 13 and 14. This casing is open on one side and slips into an additional similarly shaped casing with a front face 15, converging side walls 16 and 17 and end walls 18 and 19. A stud is mounted on the rear face 10 and projects into the compartment formed by the telescoped casings. his stud, indicated by the numeral 20, serves as a pivotal support for a drum comprising a disk 21 and a peripheral rim 22. The open edge of the rim 22 is formed into a plurality of pins 23 which are separated by gaps 2 1. The end wall 14: of one of the casings has a resilient finger 25 mounted thereon. This finger extends angularly upward and is deformed into a cammed nose 26 whose normal position is in the path thru which the channels 24: pass when the drum is being rotated so that this cammed nose engages successively in all the channels and is deflected by the members 23 formed on the rim 22 of the drum. The front face 15 of one of the casings has a stud 27 projecting inwardly into the chamber of the telescoped casings. A star wheel 28 of four points is mounted upon this stud 27 and the uppermost point is adapted to lie 1927. Serial No. 196,678.

adjacent one of the pins 23, as illustrated in Figure 3 and one of the horizontal points at right angles to the vertical points projects beyond this pin which lies adjacent to the vertical point and is adapted to lie in an obstructing path on a coin 29, which is shown in dotted lines in Figure 3, which latter coin is inserted into the casing thru a coin insertion slot 30 formed in the casings in a position adjacent the open edge of the rim of the coin receiver drum. A stud is mounted on the inside of the front face 15 of one of the casings and is slitted diametrically, re ceiving in said slit one end of a linger 31, which extends upwardly, being bent at an angle at its upper end, this angularly bent end lying in contact with two points of the star wheel 28, as illustrated in Figure 3, thereby forming a positioning element which retains the star at all times in the position shown in Figure 3. It will be noted that the drum is mounted on the face 10 of one of the opposite casing and that a space exists between the edge of the rim of said drum and the surface of the face 15 of a suihcient width to permit coins of the desired denomination to pass thru this gap and fall into the drum. A semi-circular guard strip 32 is mounted on the surface of the face 15 of one of the casings within the confines of the drum. This guard strip is absent immediately below the coin insert slot 30 and as a coin drops thru this slot, it falls upon the guard strip 32 and in this manner is securely retained within said drum. The rear face 10 of the one casing is provided with a pair of openings 33 and 34 and the drum has its face provided with a plurality of radially spaced successively progressive numerals which indicate the total amount of money deposited in the drum at any given time, one of the sets of numerals being visible through one of the openings 33 or 3% at any given time. At. one position in the rim 22 of the drum, a coin release slot 35 is formed which aligns with cut-out portions 36 in 'the side walls 16 of the casing when the drum has made a complete revolution so that the coins may be removed from the bank, as a total has been reached.

The numerals on the face 21 of the drum are provided with two circular rows, the outer row or the row nearest to the edge of the drum beginning at zero and ending at $2.50, and an inner row beginning at $5.00

L 141 in 1 and endin at- 55260. As a coin to the value of ten cents for which this particular register bank is constructed, is inserted thru the slot 30, its periphery engages the her-'- zontal edge of the star wheel which obstructs the path of the coin. As the coin contacts with'this point of the star wheel and the former is depressed or forced thru the slot the edge of the coin engages said horizontal point of the star wheel and rotates the latter 90 degrees. In rotating this star wheel 90 degrees, one ot' the pins which is in en: gagement with one of the horizontal points of the star wheel is moved a short distance equal to one-twenty itth of a revolution of the coin drum and the wheel is then turned 90 degrees. This substitutes anew numeral, which is visible thru the opening 3d and indicates that an additional coin has been entered into the banlr. The 1 3,0. cnt finger forms areleasable stop for limiting the movement of the drum and secures this drum rigidly in position so that it cannot be moved by external means.

it is to be noted that certain changes in form and construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim Y 1. In a toy bani: a pair of casings one telescoping into the other to form an enclosed housing, adrum rotatable in said housing, said drum being open on on side, a rim on said drum, pins extending from the edge of said drum, the ends of said pins being spaced from the siuface'oi one of said casings to permit passage of a coin, coin operated means engaging the pins on said drum comprising a star wheel pivotally mounted on the casing opposite to the one supporting said drum, the upper vertical tooth of said star wheel normally lying adjacent one of the pins on the rim or the drum, means for limiting the movementof said star wheel 90 degrees ateach insertion of a coin.

2.111 a toy bank, a pair of casings closed housing, a drum in said housing, a

peripheral rim on said drum, pins on said I rim, coin operated means engaging the pins on said drum for rotating the drum comprising a star wheel mounted in the casing, teeth on said star wheel projecting at right angles to each other the upper vertical tooth of said star wheel normally lying adjacent one of the pins on the rim of the drum, means for limiting movement of said star wheel to 90 degrees at each insertion of a coin comprising a res' ent finger engaging two inactive teeth of said star wheel and limitthe movement of the latter to 90 degrees otter said star wheel is operated by a coin, said casings having a slot therein adapted to receive coins, the coin when passing thru said slot engaging the horizontal tooth of the star wheel rotating the latter.

3. In a toy bank, a pair of casings one elescoping into the other to form an enlosed housing, an annular drum in said an encircling rim on said drum, *ary with and projecting from the t said drim, coin operated means engaging the pins on said drum comprising a rotatable star wheel. teeth on said star wheel projecting at right angles to each other, the upper vertical tooth of said star wheel normally lying adjacent one of the the rim of the drum, means for the movement of said star wheel housin to 90 degrees at each insertion of a coin compris ng a resilient nnger engaging tw iii-- aetive teeth 02? s d star wheel, said casings having a slot therein adapted to receive coins, the coin when passing thru said slot the horizontal tooth of the star wheel, said horizontal tooth projecting into the region beneath said slot obstructing the path of said coin and being engaged by the l ter, and a guard rim mounted on said mg serving as means for retaining the coins in said drum.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signatur;

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